Species ***Amycolatopsis* *pretoriensis***

Name: Amycolatopsis pretoriensis Labeda et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pre.to.ri.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. pretoriensis, from Pretoria, named after the place of origin, Pretoria, South Africa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-my-ko-lat-OP-sis pre-to-ri-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ARC OV1 0181; DSM 44654; JCM 12673; NRRL B-24133

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY183356 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Williams NM, Sells SF, Henton MM. Amycolatopsis kentuckyensis sp. nov., Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis pretoriensis sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1601-1605. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Williams NM, Sells SF, Henton MM. Amycolatopsis kentuckyensis sp. nov., Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis pretoriensis sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1601-1605. 🇺🇸

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Species Amycolatopsis pretoriensis

Species ***Amycolatopsis* *pretoriensis***